02/12/1988
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"In your courage, your tenacity, your know-how, you summed up all that is best in the American spirit; in a word, all that is heroic."
"Today it's an honor for me to recognize that the American Irish Foundation and the Ireland Fund are now officially merged into one operation."
"Out of this tragic situation, the Governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland took a courageous and farsighted step in November of 1985 when they signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement."
"America's been blessed by her Irish children."